• Connecticut issues a non-resident, three-day inland fishing
license. No license is required in the marine district — except
for lobsters and shellfish for personal use.

• Know where you are in the Sound — you could be fishing
in another state! Visit www.ct.gov/dep/fishing for CT boundaries.

• The first bridge upstream from the mouth of a river or stream is the
demarcation line between the Marine and Inland fishing districts.

• 380,000 anglers made over 1.4 million fishing trips to Long Island Sound
in 2006.

• When you catch and release remember that an erect dorsal fin is a sign
of a revived fish.

• When you plan to catch and release, try to keep the fish in the water
while removing the hook —the fish will recover quicker.
• When releasing a fish, grasp it by the tail, move it slowly back and
forth in the water to flow water over the gills to restore oxygen to its bloodstream.

• Harvesting mussels, oysters, clams and scallops for personal use requires
a license. Check with the town hall in the town where you plan to harvest, call
or e-mail the CT Dept. of Agriculture.

• Use a scoop net hand line, dip net or trotline and specific
traps to catch blue crabs. No license is required.

• Disabled access
for fishing and crabbing is available at the Ferry Landing State
Park in Old Lyme.

• Fishing is allowed off the south end of Meig's Point Jetty and
West Beach Jetty at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison from
8 a.m. to sunset during peak season.
• There is a saltwater closed season during which certain
species may not be taken. Check the DEP, Marine Fisheries web site
for more information.

• Daily creel limit: the number of a specific species that can be retained
by an individual during the period from 12:01 a.m. to Midnight.

• If fishing from your own head-equipped boat remember: ALL Connecticut
waters in Long Island are a "No Discharge Area." Boat
holding tanks must be emptied at one of 43 pumpout facilities.

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